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Rude food by Vir Sanghvi: Mean Mr. Mustard

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Oct 25, 2020 07:43 AM IST

Garlic is a favourite but there are other ingredients. Mustard, for instance!

You don’t know what it is like to be obsessed with Friends till you are married to a Friends-addict. So great is my wife’s devotion to the classic American TV show that if we are scrolling through channels on our TV and I see that a repeat of Friends is playing, I hastily skip to the next channel in the hope that she has not noticed. Because, if she has, then we will have to abandon all our other TV-watching plans and watch Friends again.

For a garlic-fan, an oft-cracked joke is this line inspired from an episode of Friends: “There are other ingredients besides garlic”
For a garlic-fan, an oft-cracked joke is this line inspired from an episode of Friends: “There are other ingredients besides garlic”
There is evidence to suggest that mustard was a popular ingredient during the Indus valley civilisation
Kasundi, a Bengali relish that is based around mustard (Shutterstock)
Kasundi, a Bengali relish that is based around mustard (Shutterstock)
Only sarson in the sarson ka saag-makki ki roti combo is the authentic Punjabi ingredient (Shutterstock)
Only sarson in the sarson ka saag-makki ki roti combo is the authentic Punjabi ingredient (Shutterstock)
The prepared mustards of Dijon in France are regarded by most people as the finest expression of mustard (Shutterstock)
The prepared mustards of Dijon in France are regarded by most people as the finest expression of mustard (Shutterstock)
That mustard shows up all over India suggests it was popular enough for different communities to incorporate it into their recipes
The Japanese treat mustard greens as a delicacy (Shutterstock)
The Japanese treat mustard greens as a delicacy (Shutterstock)
In England, Colman’s mustard has become a prototype for what is called English mustard (Shutterstock)
In England, Colman’s mustard has become a prototype for what is called English mustard (Shutterstock)
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